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Re: [T3] I fear I smoked somethig expensive.


On Sat, 2004-05-29 at 09:06, Mark Healey wrote:
> In my search for my scary sound I loosened my generator and failed to
> tighten it enough.  Later I'm going down the road and my gen light
> comes on.  I stop and open the compartment and the generator has
> slipped and grounded one of its contacts to the cooling tin.
> 
> I managed to get home on the battery.
> 
> Anyway the red light now stays on.
> 
> Did I kill something expensive like my radiator?  Or, is there some
> hidden in-line fuse I could check?
> 
Which terminal grounded out? The D+ or the DF?? If it was the DF, you
may have damaged the regulator. If it was the D+ you probably damaged
the generator.
Either way, it is not good news.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'71 FB AT
'66 FB MT
'65 T1 (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org

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